Joan Parsons

OREGON-Joan Lois (Spencer) Parsons, age 90, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. She was born on May 14, 1925, in St. Paul, Minn. Joan, her parents, Arthur and Charity Spencer, and family of Unity, moved to the Evansville area after her freshman year in high school. That was where she met the neighbor boy, Kenneth Parsons, who transported both Joan and her sister, Sarah, to the Evansville High School where she graduated as an honor student. Joan and Kenneth dated and were married on Sept. 21, 1945. She is survived by five children, Gary (Pat) Parsons of Comanche, Iowa, Bonnie (David) LaCourt of Bosque Farms, N.M., Beverly (David) Hellenbrand of Madison, John (Karen) Parsons of Brooklyn and Roger (Pamela) Parsons of Oregon; 12 grandchildren, Mark (Barbara) Parsons of Clinton, Iowa, Kerry (Chad) McEvoy of Elburn, Ill., Suzanne (Daniel) Zamora of Peralta, N.M., Carolyn (Ben) Milarch of Albuquerque, N.M., Steven (Hannah Vigil) LaCourt of Albuquerque, N.M., Julie (Rob) Brinks of Pardeeville, Tim (Kris) Hellenbrand of Oxford, Jeff (Emily) Hellenbrand of St. Paul, Minn., Kristy Coy of Evansville, Wendy (Brent) Parsons of Oregon, Tony (Heather) Parsons of Janesville and Stacey (Rob) Miller of Des Plains, Ill.; 23 great-grandchildren; sister, Sarah Keehn; sister-in-law, Dolores Parsons; and a brother-in-law, James Koeneman. Joan was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Ken; parents; infant sister, Neva Spencer; siblings, Eva Spencer, Helen Lange, Byron Spencer, Esther Haslow, Ruth Burhans and Muriel Spencer. Funeral services will be held at HILLCREST BIBLE CHURCH, 752 E. Netherwood Rd., Oregon, at 11 a.m., on Saturday, December 12, 2015. Burial will be at Saucerman Cemetery in Green County. Visitation will be held at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Home Health United Hospice or Oregon Senior Center. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson Oregon Funeral & Cremation Care 1150 Park St. (608) 835-3515